Tag-fastener.



J. E. FITZGERALD.

TAG FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED S E PT- 3. 1914.

1,158,912. Patented Nov. 2 1915.

Witnesses Inventor I' .1 Attorneys COLUMBIA PLANOIJRAPH CO.,WASHINGTON n I:

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TAG-FASTENER.

Application filed September 3, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Jenn E. FITZGERALD, a citizen of the'Uniteol States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Tag-Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains to a device for fastening tags to bundles or packages, and aims to provide a novel and improved tag fastener which is adapted to hold the tag securely attached to the package or bundle in order that it will not become detached and lost .As a more specific object, the present invention contemplates the provision of a fastener adapted to be securely applied to a tag, and adapted to be slipped under the binding cord of a package or bundle, the fastener being provided with unique means for securing it to the binding cord whereby the tag will be firmly held in place upon the package or bundle, and to avoid the trouble and confusion usually resulting from lost tags in the postal service.

It is also within the scope of the invention to provide a fastener of the character indicated, which may be readily and ineXpen sively stamped from sheet metal, which may be easily applied to the tag and package or bundle, and which will otherwise be of ad-v vantage.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention has been illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure l is a plan view of the fastener in original or flat condition. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a fastener as applied to a tag, the tag being shown in section. Flg. 3 1s a perspective view of the fastener and tag as appliedto a package or bundle.-

The present fasteneris stamped from suitable sheet metal stock, whereby it may be readily and inexpensively formed, and em- Specification of Letters Patent.

7 Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

Serial No. 860,066.

bodies a strip or bar 1, having a pair of op posltely extending ears 2 projecting from 1ts .edges adjacent and spaced from each end and the end portions of the strip form terniinal tongues 3 projecting beyond'the ears 2. The ears or tabs 2 are flexible or bendable, as well as the tongues 3.

In applying the fastener, the tongues 3 are first bent angular-1y downward and then are inserted downwardly through slots +1: provided in the tag 5, and the said tongues are then bent back or reflexed toward the rear side of the strip, as seen in Fig. 2, to hold the bar or strip 1 snugly upon the tag with the ears or tabs 2 resting flatly against the tag'fiush with the bar or strip 1. The tag with the fastener applied thereto, may then be readily inserted under the binding cord 6 of a bundle or package 7 as illustrated in Fig. 3, so that the strip or bar 1 lies below the binding cord, and in which event the ears or tabs 2 are bent upwardly and inwardly over the front side of the strip so as to overlap each other and to embrace the cord 6. Consequently, the ears 2 being clamped over the cord, and the strip or bar 1 lying under the cord, will cause the fastener to be anchored to the binding cord 6, to hold the tag 5 firmly in place against the bundle or package 7.

The tag 5 may contain the name and address of party to whom the package or bundle is to be sent, and may contain other suitable data, according to the nature of the tag. It is to be noted that the tongues 3 are bent in one direction to be engaged or clenched through the tag 5, while the ears or tabsQ are bent in the other direction to engage the binding cord.

The use of the present fastener eliminates the possibility of the tag being torn loose accidentally and lost, which at the present time not infrequently happens in the parcel post service when the tags are merely tied to the packages and bundles by strings.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is l. A tag fastener embodying a strip having a pair of bendable ears projecting from its side edges adjacent and spaced from each end, the end portions of the strip forming bendable tongues projecting beyond the said ears, the tongues being adapted to engage through a tag, the strip being adapted to lie below a cord, and the ears being adapted to be bent over the front side of the strip so tener comprising a strip resting against the tag and having a pair of bendable ears projecting from its side edges adjacent and spaced from each end, the end portions of the strip forming tongues projecting beyond the said ears, the tongues engaging through the tag, the strip being adapted to lie below a binding cord, and the ears being adapted to be bent over the front side of the strip so as to overlap and clamp the said cord;

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my oWn, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two wltnesses.

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Washington, D. G. 

